My Response To Rumi
Have you been ill, Rumi?
Have you called a nurse one sickening day?
I bet you have,
and did she make you better, all in all?
How was this nurse, Rumi?
Was she beautiful?
Did you try to look up her skirt?
(Don't tell me lies.)
How was the medicine?
Did it cure you,
and did you look the nurse
between the eyes?
Tell me of this nurse, Rumi...
Tell me if she made love
as good as I.
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11/26/2016
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"If you desire healing,
let yourself fall ill
let yourself fall ill."
- Jalaluddin Rumi
11/26/2016
Copyright © Julia Ward | Year Posted 2016
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